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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Deadline: January 31St (Annually) FCC Form 555 Approved by OMB November 2014 3060-0819 Annual Lifeline Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Certification Form All carriers must complete all or portions of all sections Form must be submitted to USAC and filed with the Federal Communications Commission IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Deadline: January 31st (Annually) 310682 Study Area Code (SAC) (An Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) must provide a certification form for each SAC through which it provides Lifeline service). MI Frontier Communications of Michigan Inc. State ETC Name Frontier Communications of Michigan, Inc. Frontier Communications Corporation DBA, Marketing or Other Branding Name Holding Company Name (If same as ETC name, list “N/A” Do not leave blank) (If same as ETC name, list “N/A” Do not leave blank) Does the reporting company have affiliated ETCs? Yes No Provide a list of all ETCs that are affiliated with the reporting ETC, using page 4 and additional sheets if necessary. Affiliation shall be determined in accordance with Section 3(2) of the Communications Act. That Section defines “affiliate” as “a person that (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person.” 47 U.S.C. § 153(2). See also 47 C.F.R. § 76.1200. Affiliated ETC’s SAC Affiliated ETC’s Name -- See attached worksheet -- For purposes of this filing, an officer is an occupant of a position listed in the article of incorporation, articles of formation, or other similar legal document. An officer is a person who occupies a position specified in the corporate by- laws (or partnership agreement), and would typically be president, vice president for operations, vice president for finance, comptroller, treasurer, or a comparable position. If the filer is a sole proprietorship, the owner must sign the certification. Section 1: Initial Certification All ETCs must complete this section I certify that the company listed above has certification procedures in place to: A) Review income and program-based eligibility documentation prior to enrolling a consumer in the Lifeline program, and that, to the best of my knowledge, the company was presented with documentation of each consumer’s household income and/or program-based eligibility prior to his or her enrollment in Lifeline; and/or B) Confirm consumer eligibility by relying upon access to a state database and/or notice of eligibility from the state Lifeline administrator prior to enrolling a consumer in the Lifeline program. I am an officer of the company named above. I am authorized to make this certification for the Study Area Code listed above. JCM Initial 1 FCC Form 555 Approved by OMB November 2014 3060-0819 Section 2: Annual Recertification Do not leave empty blocks. If an ETC has nothing to report in a block, enter a zero. A B C D E = (A – B – C – D) Number of subscribers Number of lines Number of subscribers claimed on the Number of subscribers Number of claimed on February claimed on February February FCC Form 497 that were de-enrolled prior to subscribers ETC is FCC Form 497 of FCC Form 497 of initially enrolled in the current Form recertification attempt responsible for by either the ETC, a current Form 555 current Form 555 555 calendar year recertifying for calendar year state administrator, calendar year access to an eligibility current Form 555 provided to wireline (These subscribers did not have Lifeline calendar year (February data month) database, or by USAC resellers service prior to January 1 of the current 555 calendar year.) 43 0 2 4 37 Recertification Results: F G H = (F-G) I J = (H+I) Number of Number of Number of non- Number of subscribers Number of subscribers de- subscribers ETC subscribers responding responding that they are enrolled or scheduled to be responding to ETC contacted directly to subscribers no longer eligible de-enrolled as a result of recertify eligibility contact non-response or response of through attestation (This should be a subset of Block ineligibility from ETC G.) recertification attempt 0 0 0 0 0 K L Note: If any subscriber was reviewed by an ETC accessing a state database or by a state administrator and subsequently contacted directly by the ETC in an Number of Number of attempt to recertify eligibility, those subscribers should be listed in Blocks F subscribers whose subscribers de-enrolled or through J as appropriate and not in Blocks K and L. As a result, all subscribers eligibility w as scheduled to be de-enrolled as subject to recertification who were not de-enrolled prior to the recertification a result of finding of review ed by state attempt must be accounted for in Block F or Block K. administrator, ineligibility by state ETC access to eligibility administrator, ETC access to database, or by USAC eligibility database, or USAC The total of Block F and Block K should equal the number reported in Block E. 37 7 Certification: Based on the data entered above, initial the certification(s) below that apply. Both Certification A and B may apply depending on the recertification procedures in place for the SAC reporting on this form. If Certification C applies, neither Certification A nor B may apply. A.) I certify that the company listed above has procedures in place to recertify the continued eligibility of all of its Lifeline subscribers, and that, to the best of my knowledge, the company obtained signed certifications from all subscribers attesting to their continuing eligibility for Lifeline. Results are provided in the chart above in Blocks F through J. I am an officer of the company named above. I am authorized to make this certification for the SAC listed above. Initial AND/OR B.) I certify that the company listed above has procedures in place to recertify consumer eligibility by relying on: USAC . Results are provided in the chart above in Blocks K through L. I am an officer of the company named above. I am authorized to make this certification for the SAC listed above. Initial JCM OR C.) I certify that my company did not claim federal low income support for any Lifeline subscribers for the February Form 497 data month for the current Form 555 calendar year. I am an officer of the company named above. I am authorized to make this certification for the SAC listed above. Initial 2 FCC Form 555 Approved by OMB November 2014 3060-0819 Section 3: De-enroll Percentage Using the data entered in Section 2, complete the chart below to find the percentage of subscribers de-enrolled for this ETC. M = (F+K) N = (J+L) O = ((N ÷ M) * 100) Number of subscribers that the Number of Percentage of subscribers ETC attempted to recertify directly subscribers de- de-enrolled or scheduled to or through a state administrator, enrolled or scheduled be de-enrolled as a result of ETC access to a state database, or to be de- enrolled as a ineligibility or non-response by USAC result of non-response (This should equal the number or ineligibility reported in Block E) 37 7 18.92% Section 4: Pre-Paid ETCs All ETCs must complete the appropriate check-box; pre-paid ETCs must complete all of Section 4. Pre-paid ETCs generally do not assess or collect a monthly fee from their Lifeline subscribers. ETCs that only assess a fee but do not collect such fees are pre-paid ETCs and must complete the chart below. Is the ETC Pre-Paid? Yes No If Yes, record the number of subscribers de-enrolled for non-usage by month in Block Q below. P Q Month Subscribers De-Enrolled for Non-Usage January February March 0 April May 0 June July August September October November December Total Subscribers 0 Signature Block By signing below, I certify that the company listed above is in compliance with all federal Lifeline certification procedures. I am an officer of the company named above. I am authorized to make this certification for the Study Area Code (SAC) listed above. Jessica C. Matushek; Director, Signed, Accounting Certified Online Signature of Officer Printed Name and Title of Officer [email protected] 01/21/2016 Email Address of Officer Date Christine Burke 585-777-6719 Person Completing This Certification Form Contact Phone Number 3 FCC Form 555 Approved by OMB November 2014 3060-0819 Affiliated ETCs SAC Name 135200 The Southern New England Telephone Company 150072 Frontier Communications of AuSable Valley Inc. 150100 Frontier Communications of New York Inc. 150110 OGDEN TELEPHONE COMPANY 150121 Frontier Telephone of Rochester Inc. 150122 Frontier Communications of Seneca Gorham Inc. 150128 Frontier Communications of Sylvan Lake Inc. 154532 CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NY INC 154533 CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NY INC 154534 CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NY INC 170149 Frontier Communications of Breezewood LLC 170152 Frontier Communications of Canton LLC 170161 Commonwealth Telephone Company 170168 Frontier Communications of Pennsylvania LLC 170178 Frontier Communications of Lakewood LLC 170194 Frontier Communications of Oswayo River LLC 200271 CITIZENS MOUNTAIN STATE TEL 204338 204339 Citizens Mountain State Tel 205050 Frontier West Virginia Inc. 210318 220362 Frontier Communications of Fairmount LLC 220387 Frontier Communications of Georgia LLC 230479 Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Inc. 230509 240479 240526 Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Inc. 250301 Frontier Communications Lamar County LLC 250306 Frontier Communications of Alabama LLC 250318 Frontier Communications of the South LLC 280460 Frontier Communications of Mississippi Inc. 290580 CITIZENS TEL OF VOLUNTEER STATE 294336 CITIZENS TEL OF TENNESSEE LLC 300615 300682 310682 Frontier Communications of Michigan Inc. 310695 313033 Frontier Midstates Inc. 320750 Frontier Communications of Indiana Inc. 320772 Frontier North Inc. 320779 320828 Frontier Communications of Thorntown Inc.
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